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The Salon — Jewish women discuss! Hosted by Forward editor Jane Eisner, with Mediaite.com’s Rachel Sklar.

The first-ever television show about Jewish women’s issues, The Salon brings together women from across the spectrum of Jewish life for lively discussion about a range of topics affecting Jewish women.

If you’re thinking about it, we’re talking about it!

Episode 07: Jewish women discuss High Holiday traditions, Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, Paul Rudd as bat mitzvah DJ, and controversies over women as lay leaders of Orthodox congregations. With guests Meredith Jacobs, Adena Berkowitz, and Galeet Dardashti.

Episode 06. Top Chef’s Gail Simmons gives her take on Elena Kagan’s supreme court nomination, how to talk about Israel, the French inquiry into banning the burqa, and more! Also featuring guests comedian Cory Kahaney and The Gloss.com editor-in-chief Lilit Marcus.

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Episode 05: The woman at the center of the controversy over ordaining female Orthodox rabbis, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, joins the conversation, along with author Judith Shulevitz (“The Sabbath World”) and Foundation of Jewish Culture President & CEO Elise Bernhardt. Topics include: the RCA’s resolution on Orthodox women leaders, Bar & Bat mitzvah wars, the contemporary relevance of the Sabbath, and do full-figured but not fully-clothed women belong on a prime time television commercial?

Episode 04: Tovah Feldshuh joins our panel to talk about Passover traditions, whether the word “feminism” is losing its appeal, Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, and more! Also featuring Lilith magazine’s Editor in Chief, Susan Weidman Schneider, and Julie Klausner, author of I Don’t Care About Your Band.

Episode 03: The panel takes on Orthodox female rabbis, modesty as fashion trend, an atheist-feminist prayerbook, and more! Featuring JOFA’s Robin Bodner, award-winning novelist Dara Horn, and the always funny Ophira Eisenberg! You don’t want to miss this episode of The Salon!

Episode 02: Hadassah president Nancy Falchuk, comedian Judy Gold and filmmaker Lacey Schwartz join Jane and Rachel to discuss the return of Sarah Palin, recent controversies over breast cancer prevention, Israeli supermodels, and dolls made just for Jewish girls.

Episode 01: On this first episode of The Salon, Host Jane Eisner leads a panel of distinguished guests in the first-ever Jewish women’s issues discussion on television! Guests include American Jewish World Service president Ruth Messinger, Mediaite.com editor Rachel Sklar, journalist Lynn Harris, and AskMoses.com editor Bronya Shaffer.

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The Salon 06. Top Chef’s Gail Simmons gives her take on Elena Kagan’s supreme court nomination, how to talk about Israel and more! Also featuring guests comedian Cory Kahaney and The Gloss.com editor-in-chief Lilit Marcus. Hosts, Jane Eisner and Rachel Sklar.

The Salon 07. Discusson of High Holiday traditions, Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, Paul Rudd as bat mitzvah DJ, and controversies over women as lay leaders of Orthodox congregations. With guests Meredith Jacobs of Modern Jewish Mom; co-founder of Kol HaNeshama Adena Berkowitz, and musician Galeet Dardashti.